Got this as part of a small mixed lot of bronzes. Only got the whole thing because I saw a Flavius Victor in it which the seller seemed unaware of. Also got a couple of neat serrated-edge Seleucid bronzes, my first Seleucid coins. Anyways, am having such a tough time with this, no surprise my lack of knowledge of Greek coins isn't quite helping (for the 50,000 or so newer members here, I'm a late Roman guy). I think I got kind of close with one city in Asia Minor but I didn't bother to jot it down and now I'm back to square 1. I do see an "IO" to left turned sideways on the reverse. I've been slowly getting into Greeks lately (already got about 4 or 5 this year so far), so if this coin turns out to be interesting for me I'll certainly keep it. This is all assuming it is actually Greek. It is really small, like 10 mm wide. Thanks! (yeah the obverse is a little blurry but there's only just the bust so I figured not much point in reshooting it, but I can if need be)
Cool lil' coin, Jango As you probably know, I'm not exactly Sherlock when it comes to identifying these sweet little gems ... luckily, there are a whole lotta Holmes on this site!! Ummm, but it looks like Nike or Victory on the reverse, eh? ... to me, it actually looks like a Roman dude on the obverse ... Hey, I'm sure that doesn't even score me one point!! => oh, but I love your new coin and it's great having you buying stuff again, coin-bro!!
At a quick glance, the reverse figure looks like Apollo standing left, inspecting an arrow held with his right hand, bow at his side in his left hand. Now off to the archives to narrow it down
Perhaps a chalkous of Antiochos III? I think they made millions of these little coins and they are fairly common in uncleaned or mixed lots.
I think it is Seleukid. Which one-- who knows. I can't get on Wildwinds right now but you can probably find a likely candidate there (one of the Antiochos) or in CNG's archives, or even Vcoins: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/zu...ce_very_fine_223__187_bce/672715/Default.aspx ANTIOCHOS III AE, 223 - 187 B.C.E. SNG Spaer 590, Nice Very Fine, 11.9mm, 1.93 grams, Antioch Mint Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo to right Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to sides of naked Apollo standing to left, holding arrow in extended right hand and resting left on bow Edited: I see that TTerrier has the same thought
Cool, another Seleucid for my collection, and an even older one than the other two I have. Thanks @TIF @TTerrier ! How difficult would it be to narrow this down to a certain Antiochus? Could coin size or bust type give me a clue? I'll have time later to start looking but just wanted to ask this.
